Question of the Day #1184

Bob Dylan’s Decades-Long Bond to Former President Jimmy Carter: “He Was a Kindred Spirit to Me”

From the headline of this article at American Songwriter.

  上記の文で、kindred spiritの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "kindred spirit" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 同趣味の人、気［気心］の合う人
2. 《kindred spirits》気の合う者同士

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a person with similar interests or concerns

 

Examples

1. Author Shūsaku Endō feels like a kindred spirit with Scorsese; their Catholicism is integral to their art and self, but also indisputably compromised by their own doubts and context. — Rory Doherty, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
2. Dan, who has dyslexia and ADHD, recognizes a kindred spirit, and the two set out to rescue each other. —Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 4 June 2024
3. During their work on the prequel, Fraser recognized a kindred spirit in Edwards who liked doing things simply — not necessarily cheaply, but with fewer resources. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
4. When I saw his work for the first time, I recognized a kindred spirit.
5. Anger at having been so fooled by a lovely face and his own need for a kindred spirit, because at last Hussain had convinced him. Curzon, Clare THE QUEST FOR K (2003)

   

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